The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-30

| Park Hotel, at Madison, died Friday night
with pyemia. He came to Florida from
Rhode Island about a year ago to take
charge of the Central Park Hotel.
Capt. D. A. Irwin of Zellwood, and one
of the firm of r. G. Robinson & Co, of
this city, received a telegram from Wash
ington few days ago notifying him of his
appointment as post trader at Fort Myers.
Henry Sweetapple, member of the
Orange Belt railway syndicate and promi-
nently connected in various ways with
schemes for the development of South
Florida, died at Oakland day or two ago.
James A. Harris, the Orange King of
| Sumter and Marion counties, has bought Of
Monroe Brown land on the Outlet to the
value of ST, 300 and also the Henry Clark
land, and is preparing to set out 300 acres of
orange trees.
L. w. Pierce, of Key West, has received
a letter from a gentleman in Jacksonville
who is the owner of fine light draught side
wheel steamer, and who offers to sell half
interest to parties at Key West, and to put
her on the Miami route TO the everglades.
C. r. Cook, the murderer of G. A. Hoyt
| in Titusville, was brought to Orlando Sat
urday afternoon by the Sheriff of Brevard
| county upon a telegraphic order of the Gov
| ernor. A fear was entertained that Cook
would escape, or that he would be lynched
at Titusville.
As a curious and interesting illustration
| of the prolific nature of some small seeds,
| Rev. w. NJ. Davis, of Lake City, has SO far
| this season gathered 1890 grains of rice as
the product of a volunteer bunch from a
single accidental grain, and has number
| of heads yet to gather. He has already
| gathered eighty-three, yielding nearly q
| quart in measure and the number of grains
! above given.
Two ancient battle-axes may be seen in
| one of the showcases of r. II. Lower, the
| jeweler, of Lake City. They are fine speci-
| mems of the stone implements found in the
| prehistoric mounds of our country, and are
| unusually symmetrical of shape and finish
| One is from the mounds of coastal Missis-
sippi and the other from one of those of that
portion of Florida near the run of the Su-
wannee river. They are part of a collection
belonging to the editor of the Tobacco
Plant.
A serious accident occurred at Gotha last
Monday. A party of men were engaged in
cutting timber for a saw mill, when rain
came up and caused three of them to seek
shelter beneath a frail shed. In a few
moments huge tree which had been partly
cut through, came crashing down, demol-
ishing the roof and timbers and hurting its
weight on the terrified men. Two of them
We're very painfully and seriously injured,
it was at first thought killed. The third
d
lous escape from death.
News was received at Macenny Friday
night about o'clock of a shooting scrape
on the st. Mary's river, about ten miles
from town. Jack Count was taking raft
of logs down the river to Traders Hill, and
was shot by Alex Sheffield. The ball,
32-calibre, entered Counts left breast and
ranged in an upward direction, lodging
under his shoulder blade. DR.. James probed
fnt. hall h,,t, Ct
is in a critical condition, but may live. Had
the ball not struck his rib and glanced off
he would have been killed 1t could not be
learned what was the cause of the shooting.
Both parties live in Nassau county.
A warrant charging A. B. Getto (colored),
of Daytona, with assault with intent to kill
was given to the Marshal, John McCullum,
of the same place, on Thursday, for the APP
prehension of Getto When McCullum at
fire upon him with a Winchester rife, the
compliment being returned by the Mar
shall, who, finding his man had taken to the
protection of his house and still kept up the
cannonade, went for reinforcements
Before these could be procured, Getto
thought better of his acts and gave him
self up to the authorities After being
handcuffed he was placed in wagon and
his leg made fast to it with trace chain,
and McCullum, assisted by w. K. Turner,
started with their prisoner for the county
Jail in Enterprise. About 2 o'clock Friday
morning, when the party were within eight
or ten miles of Enterprise Getto succeeded
in getting his leg loose from the chain, and,
| leaving some of his flesh fast to it, jumped
from the wagon, and was not recaptured
| for several hours.
At midnight Saturday, fire broke out in
the undertaker's establishment of Glass &
| Son, on East Government street, Pensacola
| An alarm was sounded and the fire depart
ment arriving on the scene early, the flames
were kept confined to the building in which
they started, and they were extinguished.
| The building is owned by DIR. John Brosna-
ham, is only slightly damaged, and is in
| sured. Glass & Son estimate their loss at
| $4,000, also insured The Pensacola Com
| meFcidL says: "Officer Peter Murphy of the
municipal police, says he was standing di-
rectly across the street from the building
in which the fire took place; that he noticed
| through transom the reflection of light
| against the ceiling back of the case, and
| Thought 1t was fire; a
lighted lamp was standing on a
| table in front of the case, from which the
| reflection might possibly have come, but he
walked across the street to assure himself
that all was right; when he arrived over
the sparks were flying up from behind the
| case, and he gave the alarm and at once
started for the station to ring the bell; as he
| passed down he noticed a man emerging
| from the back door and going down the lot ;
the man he recognized rs Mr.. Glass Mr..
Murphy was very positive in his assertions,
and it will remain for the insurance COM
panies to ascertain where the truth lies: if,
even on such information as the officers,
the State authorities do not take a hand in
| the matter"
At Palatka, Saturday, Sheriff Zehnbar,
of Putnam county, as already stated, was
fined S25 each on two charges of contempt
| for failing to serve warrants ON road de
faulters. The Palatka NeaoS says: after
the court had adjourned the reporter ven
tured to ask few questions of Judge
Haughton, and his honor gave him a little
| time. II was stated that the Sheriff, as ex-
officio administrator, had published no
tice of application for his discharge from
the administration of the estate of Peter
Taylor. Judge Raughton declared en-
| phatically that such discharge could
not be granted until a certain transaction
in that connection had been fully cleared
up. 1t seems that the Sheriff an admins
traitor Of said estate, without order Of court
or publication under the law, had sold at
private sale a valuable lot belonging TO said
| estate TO Sherman Conant, and given
deed, which is now on record in book 8 Of
conveyance at Tor near page 81. As Judge
! of Probate, his honor disclaimed all
| EnnNyp1oa pf gtipt, Iaal wi,